(2)
With a shotgun of
any description originally capable of holding more than three shells, unless
the magazine has been cut off, altered, or plugged with a one piece filler
incapable of removal without disassembling the gun, so as to reduce the
capacity of the said gun to not more than three shells in the magazine and
chamber combined.

(3)
From or by
means, aid, or use of a sinkbox, motor-driven conveyance, motor vehicle, or
aircraft of any kind.

(4)
From any
motorboat, or other craft having a motor attached, or any sailboat, unless the
motor has been completely shut off and/or the sails furled, and the craft has
come to rest. A craft under power may be used to retrieve dead or crippled
birds; however, crippled birds may not be shot from such craft when under
power.

(5)
By the use or aid of
livestock as a blind or means of concealment.

(6)
By the use or aid of live birds as
decoys. No person shall take migratory waterfowl on an area where tame or
captive live ducks or geese are present unless such birds are and have been for
a period of ten consecutive days prior to such taking, confined within an
enclosure which substantially reduces the audibility of their calls and totally
conceals such birds from the sight of wild migratory waterfowl.

(7)
While in
possession of or by the use or aid of recorded bird calls or sounds, or
recorded or electrically amplified imitations of bird calls or sounds.

(8)
By means or aid of any
motor-driven land, water or air conveyance or any sailboat used for the purpose
of or resulting in the concentrating, driving, rallying, or stirring up of
waterfowl or coots.

(B)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
construct or place a permanent blind on a wildlife hunting area or any other
state or federal property unless approved by the chief of the division of
wildlife. Further, any portable blind placed or constructed on a public hunting
area shall be removed immediately upon the completion of the day's hunt.

(C)
Non-toxic shot shall mean,
shot comprised totally of steel, steel shot coated with copper, or any shot
which has been approved by the U.S. fish and wildlife service. It shall be
unlawful to possess any shot other than non-toxic shot while hunting migratory
waterfowl, rails, common snipe, or gallinules.

(D)
It shall be unlawful to use or possess,
at any time, shells or shot for any gauge shotgun loaded with shot other than
non-toxic shot while hunting waterfowl.

(E)
It shall be unlawful to place or set any
decoys on a wildlife area or in waters of the state which are left unattended
before or after legal shooting hours. All decoys shall be removed at the end of
each day's hunt.

(A)
Migratory game birds may be taken only in
accordance with the daily bag limits during the open seasons and shooting hours
prescribed in rules of the Administrative Code and when so taken may be
possessed within the limits prescribed.

(1)
To take in any one day more than the
daily bag limit or aggregate daily bag limit, whichever applies;

(2)
To possess on the opening day of the
season any freshly killed migratory game birds in excess of the daily bag limit
or aggregate daily bag limit, whichever applies;

(3)
To possess any freshly killed migratory
game birds during the closed season;

(4)
To possess a dressed migratory game bird
which does not have the head or one fully feathered wing attached at any place
other than at the personal abode of the possessor or a migratory bird
preservation facility;

(5)
To
possess a wounded migratory game bird that is not immediately killed and made
part of a daily bag limit;

(6)
To
kill or cripple any migratory game bird without making a reasonable effort to
retrieve the bird and retain it in his actual custody at the place where taken
or between that place and either:

(7)
To dispose of any migratory
bird that he has killed and retrieved. All disposed birds shall be included as
a part of such person's daily bag limit.

(C)
Possession of plumage and skins of
migratory game birds. Any person, without a permit, may possess and transport
for his own use the plumage and skins of lawfully taken migratory game birds.

(D)
It shall be unlawful for any
person to buy or sell or barter any feathers or other parts of any migratory
game bird. Further provided any person, without a permit, may possess, dispose
of, and transport for the making of fishing flies, bed pillows and mattresses,
and for similar commercial uses, but not for millinery or ornamental use,
feathers of wild ducks and wild geese lawfully killed.

(E)
Throughout the state, it is unlawful for
any person to disturb, destroy, or possess the nest or eggs of a migratory game
bird unless that person has been issued a permit to do so by the chief of the
division of wildlife or his authorized agent.

(F)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
take or hunt a migratory game bird with a raptor except during the dates listed
in rules
1501:31-7-05 and
1501:31-7-06 of the
Administrative Code. No person using a raptor shall exceed the daily and
possession limits mentioned in rules
1501:31-7-05 and
1501:31-7-06.oftheAdministrative Code.

(G)
All definitions set forth in rule
1501:31-1-02 of the
Administrative Code shall apply to this rule.

(A)
No hunter who
legally takes and possesses any migratory game birds shall place or leave any
such birds in the custody of any other person for picking, cleaning, freezing,
processing, shipping, transportation, or storage, including temporary storage,
or dispose of such birds by gift to another person, unless such birds have a
tag attached signed by the hunter stating his address, the total number and
kinds of birds, and the date such birds were killed.

(B)
No person may receive or have in custody
any migratory game birds belonging to another person, or receive and possess
any migratory game birds taken by another person, unless such birds are tagged
as required under paragraph (A) of this rule.

(C)
No hunter who legally takes and possesses
any migratory game birds shall place or leave such birds at any place for
storage, including temporary storage, other than at his personal abode unless
such birds are tagged as required under paragraph (A) of this rule. Legally
possessed migratory game birds being transported in any vehicle as the personal
baggage of the possessor shall not be deemed to be in storage or temporary
storage.

(1)
Receive or
have in custody any migratory game bird unless accurate records are maintained
which can identify each bird received by, or in the custody of, the facility by
the name of the person from whom the bird was obtained, and show:

(A)
Throughout the state, it shall be
unlawful for any person to hunt, kill, wound, take, or attempt to take, or to
possess any of the wild birds specified in this rule except as provided in this
rule or other rules of the Administrative Code.

(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
hunt, take, or possess any rails except sora and Virginia, which may be hunted
and taken from September 1, 2014 through November 9, 2014.

(2)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
take or possess more than twenty-five rails singly or in the aggregate in one
day, or to possess more than seventy-five rails singly or in the aggregate at
anytime.

(3)
It shall be unlawful
for any person to hunt, take, or possess common snipe

(Wilson's snipe) at any time, except from September 1,
2014
through November 30, 2014 and December 20,
2014
through January 4, 2015.

(4)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
hunt, take, or possess woodcock at any time, except from October
11,
2014
through November 24, 2014.

(5)
It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take rails, common snipe
(Wilson's snipe), woodcock, or gallinules (common moorhens) at any time, except
from sunrise to sunset daily during the open season.

(6)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
take more than three woodcock in one day or possess more than nine woodcock
after the second day.

(7)
It shall
be unlawful for any person to take more than eight common snipe (Wilson's
snipe) in one day or possess more than twenty-four common snipe (Wilson's
snipe) at any time after the second day.

(8)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
hunt, take, or possess gallinules (common moorhens) at any time except from
September 1, 2014 through November 9, 2014.

(9)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
take more than fifteen gallinules (common moorhens) in one day or possess more
than forty-five gallinules (common moorhens) at any time after the second
day.

(10)
It shall be unlawful for
any person to hunt, take, or possess Canada geese, except Canada geese may be
hunted statewide and taken from September 1, 2014 through
September 15, 2014.

(11)
It shall be unlawful for any person to take more than five Canada geese in one
day or possess more than fifteen Canada geese at any time after the second day
during the special early goose season.

(12)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
hunt or take teal or Canada geese at any time, except from sunrise to sunset
daily during the special early Canada goose/teal seasons.

(13)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
hunt, take, or possess teal at anytime except from September
6,
2014
through September 21, 2014 or during the open season for ducks as specified
in rule
1501:31-7-06 of the
Administrative Code.

(14)
It shall
be unlawful for any person to take more than six teal in one day during the
September 6,
2014
through September 21, 2014 open season for teal or possess more than
eighteen teal taken during the September 6,
2014
through September 21, 2014 open season for teal any time after the second
day.

(15)
Licensed falconers may
hunt the migratory game birds listed in this rule during the specified season
dates. .

(16)
For licensed
falconers, it shall be unlawful to exceed the daily bag limit of an aggregate
of three migratory game birds of any species while hunting with a
raptor.

(B)
It shall be
unlawful for any person to hunt, take, or possess mourning doves at any time
except from September 1, 2014 through November 9, 2014, and December
13,
2014
through January 1, 2015.

(1)
It shall be
unlawful for any person to hunt or take mourning doves at any time except from
sunrise to sunset daily during the open season. Provided further, it shall be
unlawful to hunt or possess mourning doves except during the posted hours on
any public hunting area posted with signs stating the restricted hunting
hours.

(2)
It shall be unlawful for
any person to take or possess more than fifteen mourning doves in one day, or
possess more than forty-five mourning doves after the second day.

(3)
It shall be unlawful to hunt mourning
doves on any public hunting area designated as a controlled hunt area without a
permit from the chief of the division of wildlife.

(4)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
take a mourning dove that is on any type of building, utility wire or utility
pole.

(C)
It shall be
unlawful for any person to transport any migratory game bird, except mourning
doves, unless the head or one fully feathered wing remains attached to each
bird at all times while being transported from the place where taken until they
have arrived at the personal abode of the possessor or a commercial
preservation facility.

(1)
No person who
legally takes and possesses any mourning doves shall place or leave any such
birds in the custody of any other person for picking, cleaning, freezing,
processing, shipping, transportation, or storage, including temporary storage,
or dispose of such birds by gift to another person, unless such birds have a
tag attached signed by the hunter stating his address, the total number and
kinds of birds, and the date such birds were killed.

(2)
No person may receive or have in custody
any mourning doves belonging to another person, or receive and possess any
mourning doves taken by another person, unless such birds are tagged as
required under paragraph (C)(1) of this rule.

(3)
No person who legally takes and possesses
any mourning doves shall place or leave such birds at any place for storage,
including temporary storage, other than at his personal abode unless such birds
are tagged as required under paragraph (C)(1) of this rule. Legally possessed
mourning doves being transported in any vehicle as the personal baggage of the
possessor shall not be deemed to be in storage or temporary storage.

(D)
It shall be unlawful for any
person to hunt any migratory game bird or migratory waterfowl without first
having been harvest information program (HIP) certified, provided further all
hunters shall carry their HIP certification when hunting migratory game birds
or migratory waterfowl.

(E)
It
shall be unlawful for any person to hunt ducks, geese or brant on the lands of
another without first obtaining an annual wetland habitat stamp. This paragraph
does not apply to persons under eighteen years of age nor to persons exempted
from procuring a hunting license under section
1533.10 or division (A) of
section 1533.12 of the Revised
Code.

(F)
All definitions set forth
in rule
1501:31-1-02 of the
Administrative Code shall apply to this rule.

(A)
Throughout the
state, it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, kill, wound, take, or
attempt to take or to possess any of the birds specified in this rule except as
provided in this rule or other rules in the Administrative Code. For the
purpose of this rule, the state will be divided into the north zone, south
zone, and lake Erie marsh zone
for the
hunting of ducks, brant, mergansers, coots, and geese.

The boundary between the north and south zones will be
interstate 70 from the Ohio-Indiana line to the Ohio-West Virginia line. All
lands and waters north of this boundary, exclusive of the lake Erie marsh zone,
will be designated the north waterfowl zone, all lands and waters south of this
boundary will be designated the south waterfowl zone.

The lake Erie marsh zone shall be all land and water within the
boundaries of the area bordered by interstate 75 from the Ohio-Michigan line to
interstate 280 to interstate 80 to the Erie-Lorain county line extending to a
line measuring two-hundred yards from the shoreline into the waters of lake
Erie and shall include the waters of Sandusky bay and Maumee bay.

.

(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
hunt ducks, brant, geese, coots, and mergansers at any time except from one
half hour before sunrise to sunset during the open season.

(2)
Coots, mergansers and ducks may be hunted
in the lake Erie marsh zone from October 18, 2014 through
November 2, 2014 and from November
15,
2014 through December 28, 2014; coots, mergansers and ducks may be hunted in
the north zone from October 25, 2014 through November
9,
2014 and from November 22, 2014 through January 4, 2015;
coots, mergansers and ducks may be hunted in the south zone from October
25,
2014 through November 9, 2014 and from December 13, 2014
through January 25, 2015.

(3)
Brant and geese may be taken in the north
zone from October 25, 2014 through November 9, 2014 , from
November 22, 2014 through January 4, 2015 and from
January 14, 2015 to January 31, 2015. Brant and geese may be taken in the
south zone from October 25, 2014 through November 9, 2014 and
from December 11, 2014 through January
31,
2015. Brant and geese may be taken in the lake Erie
marsh zone from October 18, 2014 through
November 2, 2014 ,from November
15,
2014 through December 28, 2014 and from
January 14, 2015 through January 31, 2015.

(4)
It shall be lawful for properly licensed
falconers to hunt ducks, geese, mergansers and coots statewide from February
21,
2015 through March 4, 2015 and statewide whenever
the lake Erie marsh, north or south zones are open to goose hunting.

(B)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
take or possess more than six ducks per day or possess at any time after the
second day more than eighteen ducks, except as hereinafter expressly provided.

(1)
The daily bag limit of six ducks shall
not include more of the following species than:

(C)
It shall be unlawful for any person in
any one day to take more than any of the following: three Canada geese; one
brant; one white-fronted geese; or ten snow, blue, or Ross' geese singly or in
the aggregate.

(D)
It shall be
unlawful for any person after the second day to possess more than any of the
following: nine Canada geese; three brant; three white-fronted geese; or thirty
snow, blue, or Ross' geese singly or in the aggregate.

(E)
In addition to the daily bag and maximum
possession limit on other ducks, it shall be unlawful for any person to take
more than five mergansers in any one day of which no more than two may be a
hooded merganser, or possess after the second day more than fifteen mergansers
singly or in the aggregate, except that not more than six hooded mergansers may
be included in the maximum possession limit.

(F)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
take more than fifteen coots in any one day or possess after the opening day
more than forty-five coots at any time.

(G)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
possess more than the daily limit of migratory game birds, or the aggregate
daily bag limit, whichever applies, at or between the place where taken and
one's principal or ordinary home or dwelling place, one's temporary or
transient place of lodging, a migratory bird preservation facility, or a post
office or common carrier facility.

(H)
The following regulations in this
paragraph are applicable to the Ottawa national wildlife refuge in Ottawa and
Lucas counties:

(1)
It shall be unlawful for
any person to hunt on the Ottawa national wildlife refuge without first
obtaining a permit issued by the division of wildlife.

(2)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
hunt on the Ottawa national wildlife refuge without first checking into the
division of wildlife checking station provided for such area.

(3)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
take any wild animal other than what is listed on the controlled hunt rules
while hunting on the Ottawa national wildlife refuge.

(4)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
hunt on the Ottawa national wildlife refuge during the controlled waterfowl
hunt at any time other than one half hour before sunrise to twelve noon daily
on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.

(5)
It shall be unlawful for any person to be
in a division blind on the Ottawa national wildlife refuge any time after one
p.m. each day.

(6)
It shall be
unlawful for any person having a permit to hunt on the Ottawa national wildlife
refuge to fail to check back through the division of wildlife checking station
from which the permit was obtained by two p.m. on the day they hunt.

(7)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
hunt or shoot on the Ottawa national wildlife refuge except from within
seventy-five yards of his assigned blind, except when permitted by authorized
division personnel.

(8)
It shall be
unlawful for more than two hunters to occupy a division of wildlife blind on
the Ottawa national wildlife refuge.

(9)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
possess more than twenty-five shells while hunting on the Ottawa national
wildlife refuge.

(10)
It shall be
unlawful for any person to participate in hunting on the Ottawa national
wildlife refuge more than one time during a season.

(I)
It shall be lawful for persons fifteen
years of age or younger to hunt, take, and possess ducks, mergansers, geese and
coots on October 4 and 5, 2014 statewide. All persons fifteen years of age
and younger must be accompanied by a non-hunting person eighteen years of age
or older.

(J)
It shall be unlawful
for any person to hunt migratory waterfowl including ducks, brant, geese, coots
or mergansers on or over a baited area where a person knows or reasonably
should know that the area is or has been baited. A baited area is considered to
be baited for ten days after complete removal of any bait.

(K)
It shall be unlawful for any person to
hunt ducks, geese and brant without possessing a current valid federal
migratory bird stamp that is validated by the person's signature written on the
stamp in ink.

(L)
Provisions of
this rule and rule
1501:31-7-02 of the
Administrative Code shall not apply to employees of the division of wildlife or
persons authorized by the chief of the division of wildlife while conducting
activities as part of a management program for migratory game birds that has
been approved by the chief of the division of wildlife.

(M)
All definitions set forth in rule
1501:31-1-02 of the
Administrative Code shall apply to this rule.